Day Planners for Older Folks

@edsutton
Thanks for your suggestion, the link in discussion goes to unknown page and I will work on getting it fixed. I have always been a list person and depend more and more on planners to keep track of what I need to do. I just order few from Amazon yesterday. If I do not write down what needs to be done, I forget. And it is nice to be able to check something off once done. Little feel of accomplishment.

Everyone's methods of planning and tracking are different. Some like online planners other like a written version. What ever works. I was not aware of Mayo's Habit planners. I wish the Mayo online store showed what inside pages look like. I will need to stop at store next time at Mayo and look at.

I did find the 2026 planners:
https://store.mayoclinic.com/healthy-action-to-benefit-independence-and-thinking-daily-planner.html

A habit planner really appeals to me--thank you!
My system is very simple. I do only 10 things a day. No more, no less. This started when I was a harassed single mom and would find myself in tears because the floor was dirty at 11 pm. I started it to LIMIT what I did--mop floor went on next day's list.
Some items are fixed--exercise, one-line journal, e-mail, and in season--gardening. Then there is social life, domestic chores, a few medical things, a few professional activities...and now that I'm basically retired, today I'll see a few empty slots to fill as I like, which is my favorite. I've been teased about this a lot! I have some friends who manage three things a day and some who claim 25! Really I just like that I have a system, if that makes sense. Always love to know how others structure their time.

These are great responses! Thanks for finding the 2026 link. I couldn't find it.
My lists are 12 items or less, and some of them take less than two minutes once I remember to do them.
Here's a photo with pen for scale.

A wearable device like a smart watch or a cell phone carried most places will alert you to any obligations...................................................if ......................................................you remember to enter them into your onboard calendar as entries, and do so with care and accuracy (as we get older and more easily distracted with intrusive thoughts, we sometimes place spurious information in the correct date and time, or we place the correct obligation in the wrong month, etc.). I make fewer mistakes than my wife does who has several impairments, including cognitive (due mostly to pain, not to age-related decline), so I have to remind myself even to ask to see her phone calendar's entries for the next week and we confer about their accuracy and that they are consonant with her recall. If there's any doubt, we verify immediately.

@edsutton I do pen and paper. It seems to implant plans and ideas better into my brain.

Using a simple calendar book from a discount store, I keep a set of my vitals each day. These values include weight, temperature, and blood pressure readings x 3. These are transferred to a dialysis logbook I keep just for dialysis, that includes those values [using best of the 3 BP readings] plus fluid dwelling time, drain fluids total, type of dialysis fluids used. These dialysis stats are reported each day to my dialysis center via iPad. Another simple calendar book is used for "general", including meetings, appointments, trips, Zoom calls, deadlines and has both my husband's and mine in it, when he remembers to tell me. And lastly, I keep a small purse sized calendar book in [where else?] my purse, to be able to look at things on-the-go.

In the mornings when I journal, often I will write down what I'd like to accomplish that day. It kinda sets the tone for what is possible. And learning to be gentle on myself to not feel guilty if something falls to the wayside. Yep, all this fits my OCD personality!
Ginger

The mayo daily planner has no pics and i would like to see it up close before buying it. I can make a simple list either the night before or that morning. If i do the same things wveryday i need one list that i can copy! Simple and i can save $20!

I use a reminder list on my phone. Easy access, always with me. Of course my list is not that big 🙃 Might not work for everyone but there's no cost and it's always available.

@mir123
I put everything on my calendar on my iPad and it automatically goes on my iPhone. So, I always know what I need to do daily and when I am available.

I think it is good to do this daily plan using a medium that you enjoy.
Since I was a child I have enjoyed writing with a fountain pen.
Silly, perhaps, but writing a few things with a fountain pen gives me a sense of being in control of something I like, doing things my way. I feel like a grownup with my pen and ink!
So I indulge myself and it also gets things done.

@crn So do I! My life would be a jumbled mess without it.